Mattress-cover.



W. G. & H. V. METZGER.

m'hmess COVER. APPLICATION FILED FEB. I. 1915- Patented Dec. 18, 1917.

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MATTRESS-COVER- Application filed February 1, 1915. Serial No. 5,358.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, WILLIAM G. Mn'rzenn and HENRIETTA V, Mn'rzenn, citizens of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Mattress-Covers, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, I

reference being had to the accompanying drawings. V 1

This invention relates to that class of devices known as mattresscovers, that are used for inclosing or coyering mattresses for the purpose of protecting them from soil and wear. 7

The object of the invention is to provide a device of the above character that will completely inc-lose and thoroughly protect the mattress; that may be very conveniently opened to entirely expose the mattress, when it is desired to turn the letter; that may be secured to some part of the bed structure, such as the bed spring, thereby to hold the cover, and also the mattress, in correct position with respect to the spring; that may be folded to facilitate handling; that may be very easily washed or cleaned, and that has incorporated within it, means for imparting a proper shape to the cover.

To these ends, the invention provides a mattress cover comprising, generally, a sheet of suitable fabric that is of substantially the size and shape of amattress and having its edges provided with tubing for the reception of framemembers which, when properly assembled, impart to the aforesaid sheet its correct shape; and from the edges of the sheet there eXt(T1d flaps that are adapted to be folded up and over the top of the mattress to completely inclose the same.

A further and more limited object comprebended by our invention is the provision of a so called knock down frame that is made up of separable members that may be easily inserted into .or removed from the tubing of the cover; to provide joints within the frame whereby the same ma be folded, while within the cover, to faci itate the handling; to provide flaps for the openings through which the frame members are inserted into the tubing; and, in certain embodiments of our invention, to provide a common means for holding the frame members together and for securing the mattress cover to the bed spring.

In the accompanying drawing there is shown a mattress cover wherein the foregoing objects are attained, and while we will proceed to describe the same in detail, we -W1Sht0 be understood as not limiting ourselves to the structural details thereof further than is required by the terms of the annexed claims and is rendered necessary by' the state of the prior art.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective yiew of our mattress cover partially inclosing a mattress, parts being broken away to reveal the hinge joint of one of the frame members; Fig. 2 is a transverse section through a mattress and cover. that are supported by a bed spring, the view being of a. more or less conventional nature; Fig.3 is a,

perspective view of a, corner of the mattress v cover as viewed from theinside; Fig.5 is a similar view of a fragment of the frame;

and Fig. 5 is a sectional detail showing a modified form of the securing means for attaching the ends of the frame members.

The mattress cover is preferably made of some such durable material as heavy duck or canvas, and a rectangular sheet of such material, of a shape and size correspond- Specification of Letters Patent, at t d -13,- 1917,

ing to the mattress to which the cover is tobe fitted, constitutes the bottom 1 of "the cover. The edges of the bottom are-provided with tubes 2 that may be formed by turning each ed e of the bottom upward and over on itsel and stitching the edge tothe body 1 portion of the bottom, as shown at 3. From one of the lateral edges of the'bottom there extends a flap 4 that is preferably of a width sufficient to extend up the side of the mattress and across the top thereof to about its center. A flap 5 is securedv to the opposite edge of the bottom 1 and is here shown as wide enough to extend up the adjacent side and across the top of the mattress and 'down the opposite side thereof, where itsfree edge,

which is provided with the button holes 6, may be secured to the buttons 7 that are attached to the flap 4. While I have shown buttons and button holes as the means for securing the free edge of the flap 5 to a part of the cover, any other suitable means, such as books and eyes or snap fasteners, may be employed in their stead; or the flap 5 may be made ample enough to allow a portion of it to be tucked under the cover, thereby making it unnecessary to employ fastening means of any sort.

To each end of the bottom 1 there is at t ched a fl p 10 which extends up and over the adjacent endof the mattress, as shown in Fig. 1. lln'folding the cover over the mattress, these may be th fir to be folded into place, the flap 4 being next spread over the'fiaps 10, and the flap 5 being then drawn over the top of the mattress and secured to,

or tucked under the side of the cover to which the fla 4c is attached. For conventhe corners of the mattress, althou h, if found desirable, such edges may be stitched or otherwise secured together to more efiec- I as tually close the corners of the cover and prevent any pomible admission of dust. Where the ends of the side and end tubes 2 meet, they are cut away on their upper sides, preferably diagonally, as shown in'Fig. 3, and triangular flaps 11 are stitched to the tubes-and are arranged to be folded down over the openings 12, through which the members of the knock down frame, previously referred to and nextto be described, may be inserted into the tubes.

' The frame comprises side and end mem-' bers 14 and 15, respectively, and each of the 4 former is made jointed at about its middle for a reason already explained. A hinge joint between the sections of each side member is convenientl made by bifurcating the opposed ends of the sections and fitting into the bifurcations thereof the opposite ends of a metal plate 16. The plate is pivoted to each sectlon upon a pin 17 that extends through said member and through a suitableperforation in the plate. This forms an in expensive and very satisfactory means of hing the two sections of each side memher together, for it allows them to be turned one upon the other, and at the same time 7' prevents any appreciable lateral divergence of the sections.

The overlying ends of joined members are shown herein as 'complementarily rabbeted, and in the preferred embodiment, the ends are held together by a bolt 20 which extends down throng alining apertures in the two members, and passes through a hole in the bottom 1 of the mattress cover. A clamping plate 21 is carried by each of the bolts 20, and is retained upon the bolts by a wing nut 22. When the mattress cover is in use,

the bolts 20 are intended to pass down between wires or other parts of the bed spring,

nascent When some other means than the bolts 20 4 is used for securing the mattress cover to the bed spring, or to some other part of the bed, or when such fastening means is dispensed with entirely, the ends of the frame 1 members may be very neatly connected by meansof the screw 24:, shown in Fig. 5. The screw has a tapered head that can be countersunk in one of the frame members, and the screw threaded into a thimble 25 that is permanently embedded in the other member of the frame.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim is 1. A mattress cover comprising an envelop for the mattress, a rectangular knockdown frame to which the sides and ends of the envelop are secured, and common means for connecting the adjacent ends of adjoining frame members together and for securing the frame to an adjoining structure.

2. A mattress cover comprising a substantially rectangular sheet, a tube extendmg along each edge of the sheet, "a flap attached to each edge of the sheet and ar-' ranged to be folded up and over a mattress, a frame comprising members that are adapted to occupy the aforesaid tubes, and means for connecting the adjacent ends of adjoining frame member certain members of'the frame being jointed.

3. A. mattress cover comprising a sub- ,stantiallyirectangular sheet, a tube extending along each edge of the sheet, a flap attached to each edge of the sheet and arranged to be. folded up and over a mattress, a frame comprisingmembers that are adapted to coeupy' the aforesaid tubes, the adjacent ends a of ad oining frame members overlapping each other, bolts which are adapted to pass through the overlappin ends of said members, and means for app ication to the lower ends of the bolts for securing the frame to an ad oining structure.

A. A mattress cover comprising a substantially rectangular sheet, a tube extending along each edge of the sheet, a flap attached to each edge of the sheet and arranged to be folded up and over a mattress, a frame comprising members that are adapted to occupy, the aforesaid tubes, the adjacent ends of ad oining frame members being rabbeted and overlying each other and being prolid vided with vertically alining apertures, bolts our signatures in the presence of two wit which extend downward through the apnesses.

ertures and through the adjacent portion of 4 WILLIAM G METZGER the aforesaid sheet clamping plates for ap- 5 plication to the b olts, and. nut threaded HENRIETTA E B' upon the bolts for cooperation with said Witnesses: plates. BRENNAN B. WEST,

In testlmony whereof, we hereunto afliz; HUGH B. MCGIL'L. 

